Always And Forever

I'll take the blame

They all found themselves inside an empty conference room, all sitting in silence and faced down, only Joseph's footsteps were heard as he was constantly pacing around with his hands on his waist,

 "What were you all thinking?" he said in dismay, 

The four doctors did not utter any words, they knew how screwed they were as the commotion earlier was captured in a video and was posted accessible through the hospital website. It also became the talk of the day, considering the amount of people who saw them in the lobby,

 "You guys could've took it privately, hindi sa lobby!" The vice director lost his cool and raised his voice at them. 

Leonor was sitting beside Ferdinand and was massaging her forehead with her finger thinking of ways to wrap the situation, Rodriguez on the other hand noticed his seat mate's deep thinking, he sat straight and held her hand that was right on top of her knee, he lightly squeezed  it and leaned closer to whisper,

"Don't worry I'll take the blame", 

"No, no, hindi mo kasalanan doc", 

Leonor also sat straight after hearing what he said, she was concerned about him, if he were to take the blame, it will surely stain the newly appointed president's reputation, he softly chuckled and looked at her,

 "Are you concern 'bout me?",

"Of course yes, kaka appoint mo lang",

"Concern ka dahil kaka appoint ko lang?", he sarcastically frowned, "Akala ko naman iba",

"Baket? Is there a different reason that I should be concerned instead?", A small smile broke from her lip while she responded. Seeing that small smile of her made him smile too,

 "Hmm wala, never mind" Ferdinand happily replied and looked away, just as he did, he saw Joseph glaring at them. 

"Hoy, say something, patay kayong dalawa nyan", Riza muttered after kicking Leonor's seat.

 "Nak lumipat ka ng upuan", Joseph pointed at a chair that was a meter away from Ferdinand, 

"Naks parang teacher lang", Riza said under her breath and made the president chortle. 

"Nak", Joseph motioned again as Leonor didn't move a muscle to obey him,

"Okay if you won't Ferdinand lumipat-", he didn't finished his sentence when Romero stood up and sat at the seat that he pointed. 

Once again the room was filled with silence, no one dared to say a word for the fact that they knew Joseph was dead frustrated and annoyed. 

"I'll be the one who will clean this", The vice director took a deep sigh, "Pero bago ko gawin yon", he leaned on the table, "I need to know why you guys lost your professionalism", 

Michael's guts crumbled, he knew he needed to cooperate or else his profession will be in peril, but he did not also want to admit what he did to his friend that very night, he cleared his throat and spoke, 

"It was all a misunderstanding doc", 

"Misunderstanding my foot", Riza scoffed, she found the reason dumb and hypocritical, 

"Shut up", He glared at her and was clenching his fist, controlling his thin patience, 

"Shut up mo mukha mo" she turned to her friend and countered his glare, "Bakit? Drop the formalities at sabihin mo kay tito Joseph yung kawalang hiyaan mo". 

Hearing what Riza said, Michael stood up and attempted to harshly grab her, but to his fail, Riza immediately gripped his hand preventing him to touch her,